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Voices

Retrospective. The only way forward is to acknowledge what came

Throughout before. OE asked: the past 10 years, the auton-

What is the biggest technology game-changer of omous underwater vehicle (AUV) market has seen exten- the last 10 years?

sive technology growth. The addition of a high-resolution

The technology with the most impact has

Floating Lique? ed Natural Gas (FLNG) production camera, an enhanced multi been the digital oil? eld. Working together, vessels have been one of the most transformative beam and a laser bathymetry technologies in the offshore and deepwater space digital control and communications make it system has been game-chang- in the last decade. Currently, four projects are un- possible to monitor critical status informa- ing for C & C Technologies’ der varying stages of development and dozens of tion from anywhere in the operation and

AUVs. With the ? rst industry projects are FLNG candidates, including utilizing from wherever you are in the world. Now, laser on an AUV and our

FLNGs to liquefy pipeline gas from conventional we have come to expect having this data at geo-referenced photographs, and shale wells in North America. FLNG technol- our ? ngertips. But 10 years ago, operations the AUV is delivering the high- ogy enables previously non-commercial stranded teams didn’t have a cross-disciplinary view est quality data the industry gas to enter the worldwide gas supply without the of real-time data for production status, has ever seen for pipeline logistical issues associated with onshore liquefac- rates and delivery information. Armed with inspections in a quarter of tion plants. Moreover, FLNG facilities competitive these insights, the industry has made great the time it takes an ROV but with onshore plants, and will be contributing to strides in improving the at a higher quality and more a more stable and globalized e